Program Overview

Communication Arts and Design Practice

Communication Arts and Design Practice is a unique blend of the three disciplines in the Department of Communication Arts.

In the Department of Communication Arts, we are working towards futures defined by more just forms of relationality among humans, and between humans and our environments. This program will communicate concepts that can change discourses and lead to differences in institutional and social or public behaviour. This academic plan is committed to rigorous theoretically-informed practice; project-based, interdisciplinary and collaborative pedagogy; and experiential learning. The central aim of this program is to integrate critically informed creative design practices with theoretical analysis of multimodal forms of representation and public processes of meaning-making.

Programs

• Communication Arts and Design Practice
• Communication Studies
• Digital Arts Communication
  • Advisors
  • Courses
• Theatre and Performance
  • Advisors
  • Co-op
  • Courses
    • Capstones
    • Production courses
  • Performances
  • Programs
  • Theatre Students Unions (TSU)

Courses

• The program includes a variety of courses that focus on critically informed creative design practices and theoretical analysis of multimodal forms of representation and public processes of meaning-making.

Advisors

• The program has advisors who provide guidance and support to students throughout their academic journey.

Awards

• The program offers various awards to students, including Theatre and Performance Awards, Communication Studies Awards, and CADP Awards.

The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.